Monday, 18 February 2013

Lemon Rice using MTR Rice Sevai

In India variety of rice dishes are available and most of them belong to southern part of India. Since, my destiny has moved me to Bangalore, I am getting a chance to taste and learn these rice delicacies one by one.

Lemon rice is one of these rice delicacies that I know well and is good in taste and texture.The best thing about these variety of rice recipes is that you can prepare them in very less time once you have all the ingredients or I should say major ingredient called cool down boiled rice. In fact if you have left over rice from lunch or dinner then that would be the BEST.

It's super easy to cook and tastes yummy, That I can guarantee :). So, lets get started and learn lemon rice using rice sevai.

Ingredients:

Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes

2 cup MTR rice Sevai / boiled rice on room temperature

2 tsp groundnut

1 tsp urad dal

1 tsp chana dal

1/2 tsp mustard seeds/ rai

1/4 tsp or pinch of turmeric

Salt as per taste

1 slit green chili

hand full curry leaves

2 tsp lemon juice

pinch of hing/asafoetida

grated coconut /optional

1-2 tsp oil

5-6 slit cashews

Step by step guide for preparing lemon rice using MTR Rice Sevai:

Soak chana dal in water for 5 minutes in advance and keep it aside.

In a deep pan, boil water.

Add one tsp oil, rice sevai and give it a quick stir. Let it cook on low-medium heat for 7-10 minutes until cooked.

Now drain excess water and run through cold water until water runs clear and keep them aside.